William Shakespeare left no instructions as to the right way future dramatists should tell “Hamlet.” We have only the text, which reveals fresh insights each time someone new recites it. With director ...

Cinematic Shakespeare adaptations are a tricky proposition in 2025, doubly so when talking about his best known works like “Hamlet.” For one, there’s already an endless pile of filmed takes on the ...

If you’ve been keeping score like us, you’d know that Hamlet is one of the most recycled stories in human history. From countless movie adaptations to stage versions to Disney remakes to detective ...

Set in London's South Asian community, the Telluride-premiering film relies (mostly) on the Bard's language. By Caryn James This latest version of Hamlet begins with a death ritual. Riz Ahmed, as the ...

Four centuries after Shakespeare first wrote Hamlet, Riz Ahmed has proven the tale’s enduring appeal. At one point or another, the vast majority of British actors will find themselves uttering one of ...

For Riz Ahmed, who's starring in a new film rendering of Hamlet, he approached the lead role of the William Shakespeare play with "as much honesty as you can muster in that moment," he tells ...

The Oscar winner discusses reimagining Shakespeare through a modern South Asian lens — where ancestral spirits and corporate greed haunt the streets of London: "It's a timeless story." By Lily Ford If ...

Telluride: Aneil Karia does an effective job of setting the classic text among South Asian characters in London, but Ahmed's fittingly excessive performance is the star of the show. Whenever a new ...